SortStack #1100 — 2029-06-13
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A person jogging 10.8 km/h
Humans are among the best endurance runners on Earth, able to outlast horses over very long distances in heat.
- A charging black rhinoceros 54 km/h
A rhino's horn is made of keratin, the same material as your hair and nails, not bone.
- A galloping racehorse 88 km/h
All thoroughbred racehorses descend from just three stallions imported to England centuries ago.
- A Category 5 hurricane's winds 300 km/h
A single mature hurricane can release more energy in a day than the world uses in electricity all year.
- A Formula 1 car at top speed 372 km/h
An F1 car generates so much downforce it could, in theory, drive upside down on a ceiling at speed.
- A meteor entering the atmosphere 50K km/h
Most shooting stars are no bigger than a grain of sand, burning up bright from sheer speed alone.